Purging The Toxic Ego: How Holistic Bodywork Forced Me to ‘Get My Mind Right’ and Surrender To My Real Purpose with International Athletic Performance Coach, Todd Durkin

Wise Words & Whisky with Wylie McGraw

If you’re a professional facing a life-altering situation and feel it’s steadily draining the passion from your soul, rest assured this is an opportunity not a detriment － a chance to surrender to pain and explore where it’s meant to take you. Today, with my guest international athletic coach & Under Armour training advisor Todd Durkin, I’ll demonstrate just this with a story, one where extreme vomiting during recovery forced him, an injured NFL hopeful, into the unknowns and onto a new path that would shape his wildly successful career all while changing the lives of millions. Our conversation will reveal how Todd’s mindset was transformed from rigid selfishness to the service of others and why it was the holistic healing work he did after nearly becoming paralyzed that finally ‘got his mind right.’ Join us as we sip the KILBRIN 10 IRISH WHISKEY NEAT and delve into a few insights that will assist you with finding a life of selfless purpose and satisfaction with success.

Wise Words from this episode:

• If you’re suffering with severe physical pain, you have nothing to lose; don’t be afraid to try out basic treatments, holistic therapies, and natural medicine. Sure, these options may not work for you but it’s worth exploring all your options before signing off on invasive, surgical procedures.

• Unilateral dreams tend to be rather limiting, not to mention pretty problematic. You never know when one may suddenly start or end, which is why you should remain flexible and leave yourself open to multiple aspirations. Remember, it’s not necessarily a bad thing when one door closes － it usually just means another is about to open!

• It’s undoubtedly cliched but it’s also accurate: true change can only come from within. You have to want it － and be willing to put in the time and emotional labor － to see a real shift in who you are or how you act.

• The fear of the unknown is the biggest block to true human progress, and the need to control personal change comes from the fear itself. It’s coping, not thriving. Surrendering to the unknowns is where real progress happens.

• Even the most logical, science-based person can still learn to rely on their intuition, that gut feeling deep inside. Stop holding yourself back. Give yourself permission to feel it and fully experience this innate, natural superpower without judgement or shame.

• Much of the time, we try to run away from discomfort or numb our pains rather than work to overcome them. Reflect on this a bit. Is there anything you’re ignoring in your own life, and if so, what do you think you could learn if you faced it instead?

Guest Links:

Website – todddurkin.com

Connect with Wylie:

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